Trump and GOP taking messaging hit on shutdown

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 Trump and GOP taking messaging hit on shutdown

New polls indicate the American public is putting the brunt of the blame on Republicans.

By MARIANNE LEVINE and JOHN BRESNAHAN

01/13/2019 10:27 AM EST

Updated 01/13/2019 12:36 PM EST


President Donald Trump and Republicans are losing the messaging war on the government shutdown.

The shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history, entering its 23rd day, and there appears to be no end in sight. As Trump repeatedly declares he won't reopen the government unless he gets funding for his border wall, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are adamant that they will not fund the project.

Trump’s message on the shutdown — blaming Democrats for refusing to concede on his border wall — isn't convincing the American public. Instead, the majority of Americans think Trump and Republicans are at fault for the shutdown, according to two new polls. A Washington Post-ABC News found that 53 percent of respondents blamed Trump and Republicans in Congress for the shutdown, while 29 percent blamed Democrats. Thirteen percent of respondents said both sides were equally to blame.

Another poll from CNN found that 55 percent of respondents blamed Trump, while 32 percent blamed Democrats. Nine percent blamed both sides.

Trump's disapproval ratings are also rising, with the CNN poll showing his overall rating getting worse by 5 percentage points since the shutdown started.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/13/government-shutdown-republicans-trump-1098723

[Right_in_Virginia]

Not according to the polls that are leaking out.

Stuff it, Politico. 

[Frank Cannon]

Not according to the polls that are leaking out.

Stuff it, Politico.

Exactly. Polutico is only interested in one thing. Spinning for the Commie Left. Just look at how heavily weighted this CNN shit poll is for Rats....

A total of
848
adults were interviewed by telephone nationwide by live interviewers calling both landline and cell
phones. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. Among the entire sample,
31
% described themselves
as Democrats,
23
% described themselves as Repub
licans, and
46
% described themselves as independents or
members of another party.

http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2019/images/01/12/rel1.pdf

[Wingnut]

Screw Politico and its father raper cousin, the Hill. 

[DCPatriot]

Screw Politico and its father raper cousin, the Hill.

'Cousin', hell. They be brother and sister.



...ask Myst if you don't believe me.   

[Wingnut]

'Cousin', hell. They be brother and sister.



...ask Myst if you don't believe me.   

So...Incest is best!  LOL 

[corbe]

   When you announce your intentions to these azzholes in front of cnn cameras in the Oval Office that you will 'take the Mantle' it makes it difficult to convince anyone other than your base that you know what the hill you are doing.  JMHO

[DCPatriot]

   When you announce your intentions to these azzholes in front of cnn cameras in the Oval Office that you will 'take the Mantle' it makes it difficult to convince anyone other than your base that you know what the hill you are doing.  JMHO

He doesn't give a crap.  They're democrat voters anyway.

Do you realize how many voters are sitting there with their popcorn...voters who didn't vote for him in 2016 but find themselves agreeing with him regarding the Southern border?

A helluva lot more than 800K, I'll bet.   

[Applewood]

They are all to blame, in my opinion -- Trump, both houses of congress, Republicans, Democrats, the whole lot of them.

If these putzes would have sat down months ago and hammered out a real budget like they are supposed to, we wouldn't be going through this mess.  How many years has it been since this country has had a real balanced budget? 

[EdJames]

They are all to blame, in my opinion -- Trump, both houses of congress, Republicans, Democrats, the whole lot of them.

If these putzes would have sat down months ago and hammered out a real budget like they are supposed to, we wouldn't be going through this mess.  How many years has it been since this country has had a real balanced budget?

IIRC, 2006.

[Applewood]

IIRC, 2006.

Thanks @EdJames   Seems longer than that. 

If these bums owned a business, it would be bankrupt.  If they worked in the private sector, they would be fired.  Bunch of lazy incompetents. 

[edpc]

If these bums owned a business, it would be bankrupt.

Like a casino, airline, university, or sports franchise?

[RetBobbyMI]

He doesn't give a crap.  They're democrat voters anyway.

Do you realize how many voters are sitting there with their popcorn...voters who didn't vote for him in 2016 but find themselves agreeing with him regarding the Southern border?

A helluva lot more than 800K, I'll bet.   

👍 they got their medicine from the Dems they voted for.

[Applewood]

Like a casino, airline, university, or sports franchise?

Trump is supposedly a successful businessman.  I would have thought he would have insisted on a balanced budget.  But he wants his wall and he doesn't care where the money comes from for it.  Hey, let's just print money.  That's the trick.   

[Emjay]

Trump is supposedly a successful businessman.  I would have thought he would have insisted on a balanced budget.  But he wants his wall and he doesn't care where the money comes from for it.  Hey, let's just print money.  That's the trick.   

Money for the wall is the least of the budgetary problems and you should know that.

Mexico will pay for the wall.  They will have to keep their own crooks, rapists and general riffraff instead of unloading them on us.

Plus their drug dealers will have to rely on Mexicans for their money, and Mexicans are generally broke.

The two issues are not related.

[Wingnut]

Trump is supposedly a successful businessman.  I would have thought he would have insisted on a balanced budget.  But he wants his wall and he doesn't care where the money comes from for it.  Hey, let's just print money.  That's the trick.   

Eric, as usual was trying too be cute, by half. 

[RetBobbyMI]

Trump is supposedly a successful businessman.  I would have thought he would have insisted on a balanced budget.  But he wants his wall and he doesn't care where the money comes from for it.  Hey, let's just print money.  That's the trick.   

Not exactly correct. That is the job of Congress to appropriate funds to enable the Executive Branch to perform its constitutional duties and find the funds necessary. The president only requested.

[edpc]

Eric, as usual was trying too be cute, by half.

I’m devastatingly handsome, by a lot.   

[Wingnut]

I’m devastatingly handsome, by a lot.   

Why yes..yes you are. You stud, you!

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

IIRC, 2006.

That was the last budget.  Since then they've passed continuing resolutions so that they could spend the one time $700 stimulus every #&^#^(@ year.

The last balanced budget is debatable, but in my opinion it was 1956 since that was the last year we didn't have more debt at the end of the year than the beginning.

[dfwgator]

The majority of Americans aren't even aware the shutdown is even happening.

[EdJames]

That was the last budget.  Since then they've passed continuing resolutions so that they could spend the one time $700 stimulus every #&^#^(@ year.

The last balanced budget is debatable, but in my opinion it was 1956 since that was the last year we didn't have more debt at the end of the year than the beginning.

Oops, you are correct, I misread the question!!  (I think that you are correct about 1956 as well.)

[Fishrrman]

Applewood wrote:
"If these putzes would have sat down months ago and hammered out a real budget like they are supposed to, we wouldn't be going through this mess.  How many years has it been since this country has had a real balanced budget?"

Fishrrman's credo:
Reality is what it is. It is not what we believe it to be.

You won't see a "real balanced budget" again in your lifetime.
Nor will your children, nor their children as well.

Better get used to it.

[Hoodat]

New polls indicate the American public is putting the brunt of the blame on Republicans.

New polls indicate that people are civic idiots.  We are STILL waiting on Step One:  The Democrat-controlled House to pass a spending bill.  Once that happens, the Senate can take up the bill.  If they pass it, the President can sign it.  But the Senate and President can't do squat until AFTER the House passes a bill, which they have not done.

This one is 100% on the Democrats, who are currently fun and sunning it in Puerto Rico while their most loyal supporters queue up in the outside code for a food bank photo-op.

[Wingnut]

The majority of Americans aren't even aware the shutdown is even happening.

The country is mostly oblivious.  The "woke" are sleep walkers.